1995 SAAB 900 Electrical System Problems

WE WERE DRIVING ON I-680, HERE IN OMAHA, WHEN WE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. EVERYTHING WENT DARK FOR A SECOND AND THEN STARTED UP AGAIN. A FEW SECONDS LATER IT DID IT AGAIN, THIS TIME WE DID NOT REGAIN POWER AND HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. THE ODD THING IS THAT, ALTHOUGH WE HAD NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, NO LIGHTS AND SEEMINGLY NO POWER AT ALL, WE STILL LUCKILY HAD POWER STEERING SO WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OF THE INTERSTATE SAFELY. I SHUT THE IGNITION OFF AND RE-STARTED THE VEHICLE. WE WERE NOT FAR FROM HOME AND WE DID NOT HAVE FURTHER INSTANCES LIKE THIS UNTIL WE GOT THERE. WE WERE BOTH VERY SCARED BUT GLAD THAT THE POWER LOSS DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *JB

TIMING BELT ON 1995 SAAB BROKE DESTROYING THE ENGINE. *TS THERE WAS A COOLANT LEAK, THE SUN VISOR FELL OFF, THE BATTERY WENT DEAD, THE MOLDING WAS PEELING, THE SRS LIGHTS FLASHED, THERE WAS AN AIR VALVE PROBLEM, CENTER MUFFLER ROTTED AND LEAKED, THE WATER PUMP LEAKED, THE DRIVER'S SIDE TURN SIGNAL WAS INOPERATIVE, THE PARKING LAMP HAD GONE OUT, THERE WAS NO HEAT, NO AIR AND NO FREON IN THE SYSTEM, THE REMOTE WAS INOPERATIVE, THERE WAS A SLOW LEAK IN THE SYSTEM, THE REAR MUFFLER BRACKET HAD BROKEN, THE CD PLAYER WAS INOPERATIVE, THE EXHAUST HANGER HAD BROKEN, THE WATER TRAY GASKET LEAKED, THERE WAS A BATTERY REMOTE PROBLEM, THERE WAS A PARASITIC CURRENT DRAW, THE GLOVE BOX WOULD NOT OPEN AND THE ENGINE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, ENGINE BELTS, MAIN DRIVE BELT, MUFFLER, WATER PUMP, FLEX PIPE, COMPRESSOR, TIRES, FRONT PADS AND ROTORS, VALVE, AIR VALVE,...

RECALL 95V066000 CONCERNING ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT. DUE TO THE VIN THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RECALL REPAIRS. HOWEVER, BASED ON THE SYMPTOMS IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DEFECT THIS VEHICLE WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS MENTIONED IN THE RECALL. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO TOLD CONSUMER THAT BECAUSE THE RECALL INFORMATION DID NOT APPEAR ON THE SAAB WEB PAGE THEY WILL NOT ASSIST THE CONSUMER. *AK

1995 SAAB 900 SE STALLS UPON COLD START AND ALSO CUTS OFF (STALLS) WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE IS TOTALLY TUNED AND ALL THROTTLE, FUEL INJECTORS ARE CLEAN ETC. I CONTACTED DEALER AND SAAB WEB-SITE TO INQUIRE ABOUT RECALL 95V066000 BUT I WAS TOLD THIS WAS NOT APPLICABLE TO MY VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER COMMENTED THAT THE DIGITAL INDICATOR PANEL FELT HOT, CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE WHILE AT DINNER, THEN RETURNED, THE POWER ASSIST BRAKES FAILED AND THEN THE COOLANT LOW LIGHT, HEADLAMP OUT AND WASHER LOW INDICATORS ILLUMINATED, THE NEXT MORNING CONSUMER RAISED THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED A FIRE HAD OCCURRED, THE UPPER AND LOWER RADIATOR HOSES HAD MELTED, THE ELECTRICAL WIRING BELOW THE HOSES WERE BARE COPPER, THE BATTERY, POWER STEERING RESERVOIR, PLASTIC ENGINE COVER, BATTERY CABLES, VACUUM HOSES AND COOLING FINS ON THE ELECTRICAL COOLING MOTOR HAD ALL MELTED, THE HOOD INSULATION WAS ALSO DAMAGED, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL FIRE DAMAGE UNDER THE PLASTIC ENGINE COVER, IT IS UNCERTAIN AS TO WHAT CAUSED THIS FIRE. *SLC

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF, AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE VEHICLE CAN BE RESTARTED, THE IGNITION WAS REPLACED BECAUSE OF A SHORT,BUT SOON AFTER THE PROBLEMS STARTED AGAIN. NLM

VEHICLE'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTONED WHEN TRYING TO OPEN THE DOORS, THEY LOCK UP BY THEMSELVES, TAKES 5-6 TIMES BEFORE BEING ABLE TO GET OUT. *AK